Mother Went a Walkin'-Jim Reeves

[ti:Mother Went A-Walkin'] [ar:Jim Reeves] [al:Splendid Time Together] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mother Went a Walkin' - Jim Reeves (吉姆·里夫斯) [00:02.46]Shall we gather at the river that flows by the throne of God [00:13.18] [00:15.90]The church doors opened one Sunday in a little country town [00:20.09] [00:21.00]The people all were silent in the rain that misted down [00:24.78] [00:26.20]And an old gray haired granddad his shoulders stooped with pain [00:30.46] [00:31.34]Was holdin' fast a little boy who kept cryin' in the rain [00:35.57] [00:36.55]And in the dim candlelight within a casket lay so still [00:41.33] [00:42.17]That soon would lie beneath the earth up at the top of the hill [00:46.67] [00:47.68]The little boy kept askin' in a low and plaintive tone [00:51.28] [00:53.05]What's wrong with mommy grandpa won't she be comin' home [00:57.51] [00:58.73]It's awful lonesome grandpa since daddy went away [01:01.95] [01:02.69]And mommy's all the reason why I'm happy every day [01:05.95] [01:07.45]Wouldn't she feel better grandpa if I layed down by her side [01:11.97] [01:13.58]The old man turned and faced him and with these words replied [01:17.97] [01:20.44]Mother went a walkin' son away up in the sky [01:25.82] [01:26.39]Along the brook that winds among the stars up there on high [01:30.57] [01:31.61]And down the valley where the sun goes home at night to sleep [01:35.02] [01:36.86]Mother went a walkin' son she wouldn't want us to weep [01:41.11] [01:43.21]The boy didn't seem to understand just where his mom had gone [01:47.13] [01:48.25]He couldn't realize that now she wouldn't be comin' home [01:52.67] [01:53.98]He saw the rain on grandpa's face he didn't know he cried [01:58.93] [01:59.77]And of course he couldn't hear the words that grandpa said inside [02:04.31] [02:07.08]Mother went a walkin' son up yonder in the sky [02:13.18] [02:14.28]And all that we can do down here son is bow our heads and cry [02:19.73] [02:21.64]She's gone to meet your daddy son and take him by the hand [02:26.05] [02:27.88]Yes mother went a walkin' son in god's great meadowland